A Gulag Mouse

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Winner of the Off Broadway! competition, the Joining Sword and Pen Competition and finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award.
If you represent a producing theatre and would more information on any of my plays, please email me, or for published works, contact the publisher directly.

ALSO AVAILABLE
Past Curfew from Next Stage Press.

Guilty Moments from Original Works Press

The Christmas Princess from YouthPLAYS

How Blue is My Crocodile from YouthPLAYS

The Theatre Audition Book 2 includes "Kirstie" from Past Curfew.

The Theatre Audition Book 2

InterJACtions - Monologues from the Heart includes The Bricklayer.

InterJACtions

"Grumble Soup and Other Stories" is now available for Kindle.


The official site for award winning screenwriter and playwright Arthur M. Jolly.


Here, you can learn all about Arthur, download free monologues for auditions and classes, purchase playscripts, and get all the info on past productions, screenplays and upcoming events. Welcome!


SInce this site was created, counter random people have visited. However:

Arthur Jolly

The vast majority of hits come from actors looking for free monologues to download. In fact, I just added a new contemporary dramatic one minute monologue. Enjoy!

Latest News

Posted July, 2010

The Christmas Princess has just been published by Youth Plays!

A Gulag Mouse, finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award, has just been published by NEXT STAGE PRESS.

A GULAG MOUSE also won the JOINING SWORD AND PEN competition, and Seattle's OFF-BROADWAY competition.

Chicago Theater says A Gulag Mouse is "densely packed with dark suspense, non-stop tension, well-timed action scenes, and black humor precisely placed and played for all its grim power", while CenterStage Chicago called it "a steel-jaw trap of a well-made play"


Image courtesy of Babes With Blades and Grumpy Monkey graphic and design.

Want to read a short story?

THE OUTER MONOLOGUE published my story Chicken Man on their website. Enjoy!

Upcoming plays!

August 5th-29th, 2010

The Four Senses of Love will be at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland!

Scotsman Top 100 Shows; The Observer Picks of the Fringe: 'A splendid showcase... without fail funny, strange and moving'. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (fringereview.com); 'Go see this show, it's amazing! ★ ★ ★ ★ '(Scotsman); ★ ★ ★ ★(ThreeWeeks); ★ ★ ★ ★ (Scotsgay); ★ ★ ★ ★ (Broadwaybaby.com); 'A bountiful, brilliant feast!. Five mouth-watering theatrical delicacies to start each day' ★ ★ ★ ★ (Edinburgh Festival Guide).

August 14th, 2010

The Four Senses of Love will be at The Corner Cone Festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio

September 9th-11th, 2010

Have you seen my... will be at Messrs Comedy at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in London, UK.
You can see this sketch performed in Brooklyn by GI60 on YOU TUBE!

FUTURE PERFORMANCES


The Brooklyn College Gone in 60 Seconds One Minute Play project produced Not Expecting That! and will post it on You Tube this fall. This is the second year in a row - see last year's Have You Seen My... below.


WRITE ON! Online has an interview with yours truly. Read it!

I answer The Questionnaire .

The NYC Playwrights Monologue Project produced The Bricklayer and posted it on YOU TUBE!

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